On Út, 2012-04-10 at 10:49 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 09:49 -0400, Kamil Paral wrote: > > Recently we found out that we don't have any criterion for PXE boot. Also > > F17 anaconda separated its root image from initrd.img, adding new ways > > where things can break. In the QA meeting we decided that new criterion is > > required [1]. Relevant bugs are: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=805166 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790348 > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=810513 > > > > The new proposed criterion is this: > > ==== > > The installer must be able to boot using kernel+initrd pair (some boot > > arguments might be needed), e.g. booting a VM or from PXE. Fetching the > > installer's root image must work using the same access protocols as are > > required for fetching package sources in currently active milestone. > > Installer must work correctly even if the remote location doesn't contain a > > full installable tree including package repository, but just the root image > > and files relevant to it. > > ==== > > > > I propose to add it to the Alpha milestone. > > > > It covers several things: > > 1. booting over PXE > > 2. remote installer fetching > > 3. partial repositories (missing package repository) > > > > I deliberately re-used the the definition of protocols from another > > criterion related to "package source fetching options", because it is > > tightly related. This makes sure that PXE booting works since Alpha, but > > the number of supported protocols increases just gradually as we reach Beta > > and Final. > > > > The last sentence could be split to a separate milestone (and worded a bit > > differently), because we might not require it really since Alpha. OTOH this > > is more succinct, and I have a vested interest in having this in Alpha > > anyway (because of our automated test suite). > > > > Better wording (and translating into proper English) is welcome. > > > > Thoughts? > > Wording...how about: > > It must be possible to install by booting the installation kernel > directly, including via PXE, and correctly specifying a remote source > for the installer itself, using whichever protocols are required to work > for package retrieval at the current phase (Alpha, Beta, Final). This > must work if the remote source is not a complete repository but contains > only the files necessary for the installer itself to run > > I like the basic idea of the criterion. I'm still not really sold on > what phase we should be applying it to, though PXE and virt-install > together are obviously fairly good arguments for alpha or beta...
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